Sargent Shriver Excellence in Community Service Award

The Sargent Shriver Excellence in Community Service Award celebrates a significant organizational achievement in poverty alleviation, early education, or community health.

The nominee must:

• Be a Head Start or Early Head Start grant recipient who has made an innovative contribution of time and effort that has had a positive impact on children, families, and their communities. The recipient may or may not have a community partner.
• Provide two letters of reference from two organizational leaders who know the impact of the partnership first hand (Note: These two letters must come from leaders outside both the program and the community partner.)
• Submit a statement describing the following:
  • key demographic information and history of the local community
  • specific contribution(s), the approach, and the name(s) of key leaders of the effort
  • outcomes or impact of the effort that are unique and/or go beyond Head Start's performance standards.
• Comply with all NHSA general rules and regulations as listed on the Scholarships & Awards homepage.